“Britain bought itself a special status in the EU”

29.02.2016

David Cameron succeeded in securing the leadership of the EU special status for the UK and seven “reservation” for the non-admission of migrants from other EU countries to social benefits. While London was denied the right to influence monetary policy in the Euro area. The referendum on the preservation of Britain in the EU will pass in time, but now, Cameron will be a strong case in favor of the “European home”, experts say.

The UK agreed with the European Union on granting it special status within the European Union. Defense mechanism social system of the country will be “on” for seven years, without extension. About these historical decisions on the results of negotiations with the EU leadership said in his microblog on Twitter British Prime Minister David Cameron.

“Other EU countries, especially in Eastern Europe, is unlikely to achieve such preferences”

On Saturday Prime Ministerintends to present to his Cabinet the agreement for reform of the membership of the United Kingdom in the European Union.

In addition, Cameron said that the date of the planned referendum on whether to remain Britain in the EU, will be announced after the Cabinet meeting.

The mechanism of protection of the social system in the UK, which the journalists called “emergency braking” system, which would allow the UK to restrict access to social benefits to migrants from other EU States if they succeed to justify an undue burden on the social system. The issue of social benefits to migrants was a key point of contention of Cameron and a number of EU countries, primarily Eastern European.

Earlier, on Friday, the European source reported that the negotiations about membership of the UK in the EU is facing a critical situation. Had to cancel a scheduled session of the EU and to extend the negotiations. “Session, scheduled for 15.00 at the average time, in universal time (18.00 GMT), was cancelled and leaders rescheduled at the earliest for dinner, and asked them to book the hotel tomorrow,” said the source.